Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.5.103; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 2.5.103
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
तद् उक्तं श्री-भरतेन —
शक्तिर् अस्ति विभावादेः कापि साधारणी-कृतौ ।
प्रमाता तद्-अभेदेन स्वं यया प्रतिपद्यते ॥२.५.१०३॥tad uktaṃ śrī-bharatena —
śaktir asti vibhāvādeḥ kāpi sādhāraṇī-kṛtau |
pramātā tad-abhedena svaṃ yayā pratipadyate ||2.5.103||
English translation
Bharata Muni has said:
“In the matter of identification, there is an indescribable power in vibhāva and the other elements, by which the audience becomes nondifferent from the characters depicted on the stage.”